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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: [PATCH 12/12] net/sched: netem: replace pr_info with netlink extack error messages
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:15:12 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260313211646.12549-13-stephen@networkplumber.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260313211646.12549-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>

netem predates the netlink extended ack mechanism and uses pr_info()
to report configuration errors. These messages go to the kernel log
where the user running tc may never see them, and in unprivileged
user namespace contexts they can be used for log spam.

Replace pr_info() with NL_SET_ERR_MSG() and NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT()
which return error details to the caller via netlink. Thread the
extack pointer through parse_attr() and get_loss_clg(). Remove
the uninformative "netem: change failed" message from netem_init()
since the error is already propagated.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
 net/sched/sch_netem.c | 26 ++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_netem.c b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
index 9ae09e781166..0b273e44e561 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_netem.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
@@ -937,7 +937,8 @@ static void get_rate(struct netem_sched_data *q, const struct nlattr *attr)
 		q->cell_size_reciprocal = (struct reciprocal_value) { 0 };
 }
 
-static int get_loss_clg(struct netem_sched_data *q, const struct nlattr *attr)
+static int get_loss_clg(struct netem_sched_data *q, const struct nlattr *attr,
+			struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	const struct nlattr *la;
 	int rem;
@@ -950,7 +951,8 @@ static int get_loss_clg(struct netem_sched_data *q, const struct nlattr *attr)
 			const struct tc_netem_gimodel *gi = nla_data(la);
 
 			if (nla_len(la) < sizeof(struct tc_netem_gimodel)) {
-				pr_info("netem: incorrect gi model size\n");
+				NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+					       "netem: incorrect gi model size");
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
 
@@ -969,7 +971,8 @@ static int get_loss_clg(struct netem_sched_data *q, const struct nlattr *attr)
 			const struct tc_netem_gemodel *ge = nla_data(la);
 
 			if (nla_len(la) < sizeof(struct tc_netem_gemodel)) {
-				pr_info("netem: incorrect ge model size\n");
+				NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+					       "netem: incorrect ge model size");
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
 
@@ -983,7 +986,7 @@ static int get_loss_clg(struct netem_sched_data *q, const struct nlattr *attr)
 		}
 
 		default:
-			pr_info("netem: unknown loss type %u\n", type);
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT(extack, "netem: unknown loss type %u", type);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1006,12 +1009,14 @@ static const struct nla_policy netem_policy[TCA_NETEM_MAX + 1] = {
 };
 
 static int parse_attr(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype, struct nlattr *nla,
-		      const struct nla_policy *policy, int len)
+		      const struct nla_policy *policy, size_t len,
+		      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	int nested_len = nla_len(nla) - NLA_ALIGN(len);
 
 	if (nested_len < 0) {
-		pr_info("netem: invalid attributes len %d\n", nested_len);
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT(extack, "netem: invalid attributes len %u < %zu",
+				   nla_len(nla), NLA_ALIGN(len));
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -1025,8 +1030,7 @@ static int parse_attr(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype, struct nlattr *nla,
 }
 
 /* Parse netlink message to set options */
-static int netem_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
-			struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+static int netem_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct netem_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
 	struct nlattr *tb[TCA_NETEM_MAX + 1];
@@ -1038,7 +1042,7 @@ static int netem_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
 	int ret;
 
 	qopt = nla_data(opt);
-	ret = parse_attr(tb, TCA_NETEM_MAX, opt, netem_policy, sizeof(*qopt));
+	ret = parse_attr(tb, TCA_NETEM_MAX, opt, netem_policy, sizeof(*qopt), extack);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -1060,7 +1064,7 @@ static int netem_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
 	old_loss_model = q->loss_model;
 
 	if (tb[TCA_NETEM_LOSS]) {
-		ret = get_loss_clg(q, tb[TCA_NETEM_LOSS]);
+		ret = get_loss_clg(q, tb[TCA_NETEM_LOSS], extack);
 		if (ret) {
 			q->loss_model = old_loss_model;
 			q->clg = old_clg;
@@ -1151,8 +1155,6 @@ static int netem_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
 	prandom_seed_state(&q->prng.prng_state, q->prng.seed);
 
 	ret = netem_change(sch, opt, extack);
-	if (ret)
-		pr_info("netem: change failed\n");
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
2.51.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-13 21:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-13 21:15 [PATCH 00/12] netem: fixes, cleanup, and selftest Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-13 21:15 ` [PATCH 01/12] selftests: net: add netem qdisc test Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-13 21:15 ` [PATCH 02/12] Revert "net/sched: Restrict conditions for adding duplicating netems to qdisc tree" Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-13 21:15 ` [PATCH 03/12] net/sched: netem: add per-CPU recursion guard for duplication Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-14 19:29   ` William Liu
2026-03-15 16:06     ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-15 16:19       ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-03-15 17:18         ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-16 17:52           ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-03-13 21:15 ` [PATCH 04/12] net/sched: netem: restructure dequeue to avoid re-entrancy with child qdisc Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-13 21:15 ` [PATCH 05/12] net/sched: netem: fix probability gaps in 4-state loss model Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-13 21:15 ` [PATCH 06/12] net/sched: netem: fix slot delay calculation overflow Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-13 21:15 ` [PATCH 07/12] net/sched: netem: fix queue limit check to include reordered packets Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-13 21:15 ` [PATCH 08/12] net/sched: netem: null-terminate tfifo linear queue tail Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-13 21:15 ` [PATCH 09/12] net/sched: netem: only reseed PRNG when seed is explicitly provided Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-13 21:15 ` [PATCH 10/12] net/sched: netem: move state enums out of struct netem_sched_data Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-13 21:15 ` [PATCH 11/12] net/sched: netem: remove useless VERSION Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-13 21:15 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2026-03-14 14:09 ` [PATCH 00/12] netem: fixes, cleanup, and selftest Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-14 15:39   ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-14 15:51   ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-03-14 16:00     ` Jakub Kicinski

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